How many here are diabetic?

khallow · Post by **khallow** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:48 pm

When I went to my Dr to discuss sleep issues I also had some high blood sugar readings to discuss with her. I had gestational diabetes while pregnant with my son and was feeling the same way at the time of the Dr appt. She said that she had just checked my levels in Feb (this was May) and they were fine so she blew that off and focused on the sleep issues. The blood sugars were marginal.. just a little high at the time.

So when I began to learn about apnea I learned that it can be linked with diabetes. So I decided that I would stop checking my sugars, adjust to being on Cpap then begin checking again.

This week I have felt pretty crappy... so I started checking again and my sugars are twice what they were in May when I addressed it with the Dr. So I will call her again to see her....

How many here are diabetic? I'm just curious if the link mentioned in the research is observed on this board. I am NOT overweight and other than my history of gestational diabetes and sleep apnea I have no risk factors. I am scared that I am now diabetic and she blew me off before.

Thanks!

JeffH · Post by **JeffH** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:50 pm

One thing I noticed....a 20 point drop in my blood sugar levels when I changed from APAP to CPAP. FWIW.

JeffH

lilsheba · Post by **lilsheba** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:06 pm

Non diabetic here, at least so far.

dieselgal · Post by **dieselgal** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:31 pm

Not me.

TXKajun · Post by **TXKajun** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:39 pm

Yeppers for me.

I've been "prediabetic" for about as long as I think I've had sleep apnea.....about 10 years. Then was fianlly diagnosed as mild Type II diabetic about 6 months before I started my XPAP therapy. I monitor my sugar very infrequently now.....it's been within limits for the last year and a half...and my last 4 A1C tests were right on the money. I'm on a one-pill-a-day prescription and that, with my XPAP seems to be doing the trick.

Kajun

fredpb · Post by **fredpb** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:47 pm

I became insulin dependent about 15 years ago as a result of pancreatitis. Lol. Almost croaked.

kteague · Post by **kteague** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:49 pm

Yes, diet controlled.

6PtStar · Post by **6PtStar** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:57 pm

Yep, Insulin dependent. I also noticed a 50 unit drop in the amount of insulin I have to take per day once I went on CPAP.

AdmiralCougar · Post by **AdmiralCougar** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:59 pm

Lucky so far on the Diabetes Was just tested in June and got 99 mg/dL If I understand what I've read right it's just under pre-diabetes levels. But then again I didn't follow the fasting times properly. Was still eating pizza and and drinking sugary icies well past midnight and I showed up promptly at 8am for the test. Should of really been thinking, but it was D&D night and well we were playing till early hours of the morning. I told my Dr. that after I realized the mistake and he said it was fine because the number would of just been lower. My question is how often should you be checked if you're at high risk. I've looked all over and haven't seen anything that has a suggested testing interval.

Christy

Wulfman... · Post by **Wulfman...** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:18 pm

I was at pre-diabetic (type 2) levels, for a few years, up to the point when I started PAP therapy. Since then, it's been climbing. A few weeks ago I started testing again and got shook up by the numbers. Something jogged my brain and remembered some posts on the forum about adding cinnamon to one's diet. Did some searches on the forum and on other web sites (there have been some studies done) and within the last week or so started taking cinnamon capsules and adding cinnamon to some foods and my coffee and the numbers have been coming down. Still trying to figure out what I can and can't eat.....doesn't seem to correlate with what I'm reading on the diabetes websites. When I tried taking Metformin/Glucophage a couple of years ago, I had an adverse reaction from it.....so I quit that.
The damned testing strips ain't exactly cheap (to do this as often as one needs to).

We'll see what happens.....

Den

trjeep · Post by **trjeep** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:48 pm

Yep.

I was going through the screening prior to being referred for a sleep study and low and behold! My sugar level was high. Not real high, but enough to make the lights flash and alarms go off. It was back in 1999.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:49 pm

I'm Diabetic

Snoreless · Post by **Snoreless** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:55 pm

I've been an insulin dependent diabetic for 24 years now, I've been using an insulin pump for the last 7 years and it keeps me pretty much under control.
I just started using my CPAP machine 3 weeks ago and have not seen any changes in my blood sugar levels, however, I'm fairly new at using my CPAP machine so I don't know if it will change with time, I'm getting better sleep though, I don't snore anymore at night and feel more rested in the mornings.

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Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:25 pm

Type II, Insulin dependent, avg 190 units daily mixed, still running too high. CPAP & APAP never lowered my numbers. Jim

gasparama · Post by **gasparama** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:02 pm

Over the past few years, the criteria for diagnosing Type II has become stricter. There may even be a time when fasting BG levels are in the upper normal range even though sugar runs rampant during the day, causing harm before diagnosis. Here is a short article describing some of the levels that lead to a positive diagnosis.

http://www.healthandage.com/public/heal ... betes.html

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